Welcome to the Competition!

GREAT AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION to be held in Rochester, NY, on Saturday/Sunday, May 6-7, 2023.

Open to all commercial wineries around the world. OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS IN YOUR WINERY AND HELP YOU SELL MORE GREAT WINE!

~ Registration for 2023 is now OPEN ~

Our Judges

WE HAVE THE BEST JUDGES. The 2023 competition has the greatest group of international judges in North America - the most influential people in the wine industry, including Masters of Wine, Master Sommeliers, sommeliers, educators, enologists, winemakers, retailers, importers and wine industry writers and consultants. Introducing our 2023 line-up of Judges...

Competition Results

Over 900 entries from around the world were judged in 2022 ...

... by 24 judges over 2 days of competition ...

... click MORE to see the Results!

Member & Chairman of European Wine Competitions, European Wine Knights

Marin Berovic

Full time Professor of Fermentation Technology and Bioprocess, Engineering, University of Ljubljana. Member FIJF and FICB. Attache for Foreign Affaires, Eques de Vino, Order Europeanis de Vino

Member of 21 International Wine Competition Juries :

Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada,Citadelle de Vin, Bordeaux, France, Vinagora, Budapest, Vinoforum, Czech Republic, Bacchus, Spain, Sauvignon Forum, Czech Republic, Terra Vino, Israel, Chisinau, Black Sea Wine and Spirit International Wine Competition, Moldova; Great American International Wine Competition;International Wine Competition Bucharest – Romania; Dubrovnik Wine Fest, Croatia

Chairman of International Wine Competition Juries :

Concours Mondial, Bordeaux, France, Mundus vini, Neustadt, Germany, Great Ljubljana Wine Competition, Slovenia, American International Wine Competition, New York , Finger Lakes International Wine Competition, New York, Michelangelo, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Sauvignon Forum, Czech Republic, Muvina, Slovakia,

Cabernet & Merlot, Bergamo...Italy. Zagreb Wine Competition, Croatia

International Wine Competition Bucharest 2017 – Romania

Glass of Bubbly, London, UK

     OIV Delegate Muvina, Slovakia, Bucharest International Wine Competition

     Chairman of International Wine Competition

     Glass of Bubbly, London, UK